The removal and installation of the face shield on the Arai helmets can be daunting. Especially because you can’t see the mechanism to see what your doing. Here’s some basic instructions to help. Removal 1) Place the helmet on a level surface directly in front of you. 2) Open the face shield until it is [...]
Packing Tips for a Fun Motorcycle Trip
June 29, 2010 By 1 Comment
After carefully planning your route, checking on the weather forecast and arranging the sights and activities you’ll see and do, the next most important thing to do is to pack your things. Why is this of primary importance? Well, there’s just nothing worse than a motorcycling trip gone wrong because of a flat tire or [...]
ATGATT or Not!
June 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Here’s a post I borrowed from another source that comments on wearing protective clothing during hot weather. To add to this, I just finished a 3 day trip in 90 degree heat and humidity. I suited up every day because the alternative was unthinkable. Here’s the quote responding to another comment: “Tell me about it!!! [...]
500 Miles of Western North Carolina Riding
June 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
It’s not just the roads that make western North Carolina one of the best motorcycle riding regions in the country. It’s also the people you meet and the sights you see. These things combined made this trip the best I have ever taken to date. Three days and 500 miles of riding bliss have left [...]
Cheap Motorcycle Helmets Don’t Work
June 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
My belief is that we all should have the right to choose what we feel is best for ourselves. Life experience combined with education and information gives us the tools we need to make a decision for our own lives. This is true when it comes to wearing a helmet while riding also. I choose [...]
33rd ANNUAL DANIEL BOONE RALLY
June 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
& Vintage/Classic Ride-In August 12th – 15th, 2010 Boone, NC GPS: N36 15.54, W81 39.87 FOR MORE INFO GO TO: http://www.carolinasbmwmoa.org/rally.html
Death by Idiocy
A father and his daughter are taking a tandem ride on his Harley when a minivan crosses over the line and hits them head on. The father dies, the young daughter lives, only now, without her father. A 63 year old rider decides to take his Indian motorcycle out for a ride. A women in [...]